Manuka Henare

Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri

Manuka Henare was born in Auckland. From 1976-77 he co-edited the Newsletter for Friends of Community Volunteers with Richard Norman Ripple and in 1985 he was editor and contributor to New Hope For Our Society: Discussion Kitset which was produced by the NZ Catholic Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Development. Henare was one of the contributors to the The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Volume One, ed. W. H. Oliver, which won the 1991 Goodman Fielder Wattie non-fiction award. He currently lives in Wellington where he is Executive Officer of the Catholic Commission for Justice, Peace and Development. His previous Pakeha family name was Alvin Arnold.

Biographical sources

  • Interview with Henare, 1993.
  • Te Ha Questionnaire, 1992.
  • Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990.

    Non-fiction

  • The Evangelisation of the Māori - A Māori Response to the Gospel. A Discussion Paper for Cardinal Reginald Delargey, Archbishop of Wellington, Secretariat for Mission, Justice and Development, Wellington. Unpublished photocopy. No further details.
  • "I Hear Tell...". One the Beat. Bulletin of the Catholic Youth Movement. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland, N.Z. Diocese (June 1966): 5.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold.
  • "So We Can’t Afford More Overseas Aid? A Question of Priorities." The Outlook 25 Oct 1969. Rpt. in NZ Tablet 29 Oct. 1969. No further details.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold. One of a series of articles that was published in various Church magazines and papers in 1969 including Church and People, The NZ Methodist, Zealandia and The NZ Christian
  • Miles for Millions - Special Youth Programme for 1969. Wellington, N.Z.: CORSO Youth Against Hunger, 1969.
  • Report on The Second World Food Congress and the Pre-Congress Youth Conference, Held in the Hague, Holland, June 11-30 1970. To the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NZ National Youth Council and CORSO, September 1970.
  • Study of Oxfam, U.K., July 1-3 1970.
  • Presented to CORSO, Wellington, N.Z., January, 1971.
  • "Introduction - About This Study." No Precedent for Destruction: A Study of the Human Needs in Vietnam. Ed. Kate Montgomery. Wellington, N.Z.: Corso Information Service, Feb. 1973. 1-2.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold.
  • "CORSO and Action for World Development - An Education-Action Programme." Continuing Education in New Zealand. 6.2 (1974): 32-36.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold.
  • Development is...: A Resource Manual for Groups and individuals. Auckland, N.Z.: Ecumenical Secretariat on Development, 1974.
  • Co-authors Alvin Arnold, John Bluck, Michael Elliot, Pamela Gruber, John Grundy, and Philip Richardson.
  • Action for World Development - Education Action Manual. Alvin Wellington, N.Z.: CORSO, Mar 1974.
  • Co-authors Alvin Arnold and Peter Glensor.
  • "Te Whiti Community - Values and Family Life No 5." Futures A Bulletin for Schools. Wellington, N.Z.: Schools Publications Branch, Department of Education, Government Printer, 1976. Teachers Notes No 5.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold.
  • The World Food Problem - A New Zealand Response. Christchurch, N.Z.: Christchurch, N.Z. CORSO Education Committee, 1976.
  • Co-authors Kevin Clark and Alvin Arnold.
  • "Community Eduction and Community Development." Continuing Education in New Zealand . Wellington, N.Z.: National Council of Adult Education 9.2 (1977): 2-3.
  • Written under the name Alvin Arnold. Guest Editorial.
  • "Because Poverty is Our Greatest Health Hazard." Newsletter for Friends of Community Volunteers, New Zealand. 11 (1977): 16-17.
  • "Pakeha Dream: Māori Nightmare." Development News Digest (1978): 20-21.
  • Background Paper for Māori Lay Peoples Hui. Hato Paora College, Feilding, August 1978.
  • Te Whenua. Wellington, N.Z.: Secretariat for Mission, Justice and Development, Archdiocese of Wellington, N.Z., 1978.
  • Apartheid, Sport, Race Relations and Christian Responsibility: Kitset. Comp. Manuka Henare. Wellington, N.Z.: Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Development, Archdiocese of Wellington, N.Z., Oct 1980.
  • "Māoris - Aliens in Their Own Homeland." Struggling with People is Living in Christ. Consultation on Theology and Ideology held in Manila, Philippines, October 24-31, 1980, Urban Rural Mission Christian Conference of Asia, India, 1981. 100-104.
  • Co-authors Ruawau Rakena and Manuka Henare.
  • "Towards a Māori Salvation History." Māori Study Programme to the Philippians, 25 January - February 1981: Theological Reflections on the Programme. Ed. Manuka Henare. Wellington, N.Z.: Secretariat for Evangelisation, Justice and Development, Archdiocese of Wellington, N.Z., 1981.
  • Māori Study Programme to the Philippines, 25 January-7 February 1981. Editor, Secretariat for Evangelisation, Justice and Development, Archdiocese of Wellington. Wellington, N.Z., 1981.
  • "The Faith Won’t let Māoris Down - The 20th Anniversary of Vatican II." Zealandia 25 Dec. 1982: 17.
  • "He Kōrero." Salient 26 July 1982: 9.
  • Written for National Māori Language Week.
  • "The Option for the Māori." Towards an Authentic New Zealand Theology: Proceedings of the 1982 Meetings of the Auckland, N.Z. Theology Forum. Ed. John M. Kerr and Kevin J. Sharpe. [Auckland, N.Z.]: The University of Auckland Chaplaincy Publishing Trust, 1984. 67-77. Rpt. in Bi-cultural Resource Book. Auckland, N.Z.: Methodist Church of New Zealand, 1987.
  • Henare states that his purpose in writing this paper is "to glimpse a likely direction Māori theology is emerging into today." He contends that a "Māori theology must be liberating in the fullest biblical and theological sense" in order to challenge the status-quo of the domination versus inferiority of the last 140 years. He gives an overview of contemporary Māori and presents a biblical mandate for dealing with the poor. He likens the Māori to Lazarus in the Biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man of Luke 16: 19-31 in which Lazarus received only the crumbs. He discusses a Māori salvation in terms of fighting to possess the land; this fight also includes "health care, education and welfare". He concludes with references and reading list and a glossary of Māori words.
  • "Emerging Māori Christianity." He Toenga Whatiwhatinga: Essays in Honour of the Visit of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie. Ed. Rev. John Paterson. Rotorua: Holmes, 1983. 80-91.
  • "Māori Madonna." NZ Tablet 18 Dec. 1985: 6.
  • "Treaty of Waitangi and the Bill of Rights." Bill of Rights Seminar. Wellington, N.Z.: Proceedings, New Zealand Section of the International Commission of Jurists, Parliament Buildings, 1985. 61-65.
  • "Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier and the Treaty of Waitangi." New Hope for Our Society: Resource Book. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Catholic Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Peace, 1985. 11-12.
  • "Pompallier." NZ Tablet Feb. 1985: No further details.
  • "Own Your Culture and Your Faith." Tu Tangata 27 (1985/86): 8-10.
  • In this interview with Tu Tangata Henare explores issues of Māori identity and Māori faith and he examines how these interface with Christianity and the mainline denominations that have had a strong Pakeha identity.
  • He Kōrero Mo Waitangi 1984. Ed. Arapera Blank, Manuka Henare, Haare Williams. Report of the National Hui of Māori People to discuss the Treaty of Waitangi, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, September 14-16, 1984. Te Runanga o Waitangi, Auckland, N.Z., January, 1985.
  • Nga Kete e Toru o Te Matauranga (Te Kete o Te Rongopai, Te Kete o Nga Kupu a Te Hohi Katorika, Te Kete o Te Māoritanga. Lenten Discussion Programme 1985, Te Runanga o Te Hohi Katorika ki Aotearoa and NZ Catholic Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Peace, Wellington, N.Z., February, 1985.
  • Whakamarama: The First Report. Interim Draft Report to Te Runanga o Te Hohi Katorika ki Aotearoa, Te Tiriti o Waitangi Marae, Waitangi, New Zealand Catholic Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Development, Wellington, N.Z., November 8-10, 1985.
  • "Māori Catholic Beginnings." The Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, New Zealand, November 22-24, 1986. Wellington, N.Z.: The Official Publication NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, Catholic Communications, 1986. 14-15.
  • "Comments on the Document ‘Instruction on Christian Freedom and Liberation’". N.Z. Tablet April 1986. No further details, Rpt in New Zealandia April 1986. No further details.
  • Co-authors Manuka Henare and Fr. James Lyons.
  • "The Treaty of Waitangi and Māori Health." Report of the Nursing Education and Services Hui, Rongopai Marae, July 6-9. Wellington, N.Z.: National Council of Nurses, 1987. 8-10.
  • Report on the Asian Partnership for Human Development Exposure Programme in Japan, November/December 1986. To NZ Catholic Commission for Evangelisation, Justice and Development, April, 1987.
  • Co-authors Manuka Henare and Diane Henare.
  • "Nga Tikanga me Nga Ritenga o Te Ao Māori - Standards and Foundations of Māori Society." The April Report Future Directions Associated Papers. Report of Royal Commission on Social Policy. 3.I Government Print, 1988. 3-41. Rpt. Amsterdam: Working Group Indigenous Peoples, Office of the Race Relations Council, 1989.
  • "Te Reo O Te Tiriti Mai Ra Ano/Te Reo o Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty Always Speaks." The April Report Future Directions Associated Papers. Report of the Royal Commission on Social Policy. Vol. III Part I, 1988. 79-220. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Royal Commission on Social Policy, 1988 H.2., 1988.
  • Co-authors Manuka Henare and Edward Douglas.
  • "Nga Take i Puawai mai i Nga Wananga - Issues Raised in the Discussion." The April Report Future Directions Associated Papers. Report of the Royal Commission on Social Policy. Vol. III Part I, 1988. 221-278.
  • Co-authors Edward Douglas and Manuka Henare.
  • "Nga Tikanga Me Nga Ritenga O Te Ao Māori/Standards and Foundations of Māori Society." Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Royal Commission on Social Policy, 1988 H.2., 1988.
  • Report of the Negotiation of the Involvement of an Appropriate Local Community Development Agency in the Bukidnon Forestry Project, Mindinao, Philippines. To External Aid Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, N.Z., July, 1988.
  • Whakamarama: The Second Report. A Report to the Catholic Commission, Justice, Peace and Development (Aotearoa - New Zealand). Wellington, N.Z., Sep 1989.
  • "Rewi Manga Maniapoto." The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ed. W. H. Oliver. Vol. 1. 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin; Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1990. 263-265. Rpt. The People of Many Peaks 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams; Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, 1990. 39-41. Rpt. Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 1769-1869. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin; Wellington, N.Z.: Te Tari Taiwhenua, 1990. 45-47.
  • "Christianity: Māori Churches." Religions in New Zealand. Ed. Peter Donovan. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1990. 118-127.
  • "The Church and the Māori Since the Signing of the Treaty." The Marist Messenger 1990: 2-9. No further details.
  • "Chairman’s Statement." Annual Report, July 1989-June 1990. Wellington, N.Z.: Advisory Committee on External Aid and Development, NZ Government, 1990. 1.
  • "Life After the Nuclear-Free Zone: Building Pacific Solidarity." Proceedings of the Pacific Security Symposium. Hosted by Hon. Fran Wilde, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, and the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, 17-19 May, Legislative Council Chamber, Parliament House, Wellington. 1990. 46-47.
  • "Development: Sovereignty or Dependency?" Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990. 40-45.
  • Writing from his work experience with Corso and Community Volunteers, Henare discusses the processes of power inherent in development within colonial frameworks. This usually see the dominant group controlling affairs and the recipient of the aid moving into the dependency mode. Henare prefers instead the idea of "self-reliant development", which he sees closely aligned to sovereignty and tino rangātiratanga. Henare presents four steps or guidelines which assert self-reliance and thus sovereignty: that a group is in "full control over a geographical area"; that there is "evidence of self-sufficiency in daily life"; that there is a "commitment by a people to building up a complex economy"; and "political independence". He then looks back over the last 150 years and points out how Māori sovereignty gradually dissipated through progressive legislation.
  • The Treaty of Waitangi and Its Significance for Social and Health Policy Development. Wellington, N.Z.: Catholic Commission for Justice, Peace and Development (Aotearoa-New Zealand), [1990]
  • Co-authors Manuka Henare, Catholic Commission for Justice, Peace and Development (Aotearoa-New Zealand) and Norman Peryer Forum.
  • Security for New Zealand: A Paper for Public Discussion. Prepared by the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control, Presented to the Government and Public of Aotearoa, Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control, Wellington, N.Z., 1990.
  • Towards a Pacific Island Community. Report of the South Pacific Policy Review Group, Wellington, N.Z., May. No further details.
  • Henare was a member of the Prime Minister’s Group.
  • "Colonials at the Helm." Mana Tiriti: The Art of Protest and Partnership. Wellington, N.Z.: Haeata Māori Women’s Art Collective, Project Waitangi, Wellington City Art Gallery, Daphne Brasell, 1991. 38-39.
  • Henare provides a background to the Māori understanding of the Treaty during the 1840s and discusses the different Māori initiatives (prior to the Treaty) to establish some form of formal relationship with the European settlers without ceding Māori sovereignty over the land.
  • "The Basis for Māori Foreign Policy." Beyond New Zealand II. Foreign Policy into the 1990s. Eds. Richard Kennaway and John Henderson. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1991. 56-63.
  • Co-authors Robert Mahuta and Manuka Henare.
  • "Chairman’s Statement." Annual Report, July 1990-June 1991. Wellington, N.Z.: Advisory Committee on External Aid and Development, NZ Government, 1991. 1.
  • "Land Dispute ‘A Family Affair’." Evening Post 22 Dec. 1993: 7.
  • "The Geddes’ and Ngati Haua – a family affair." Te Maori News 3.1 (1994): 3.
  • "Mana Māori Motuhake: Māori Self-determination." Pacific Viewpoint 35.2 (1994): 193-209.
  • Co-authors Hal Levine and Manuka Henare.
  • "Pacifica future: the billion dollar question." New Zealand Management 53.10 (2006): 17.

  • Reviews

  • "A Backdrop Painted with Optimism." Rev. of 1840-1990: A Long White Cloud, ed. by Tom Newnham. Dominion 3 Feb. 1990: 7.
  • King, John, Karl Du Fresne and Manuka Henare. "Books." Rev. of Dr Golan Maaka: Māori Doctor, by Bradford Haami. Rev. of Māori Sovereignty: The Māori Perspective, by Hineani Melbourne. Rev. of Māori Sovereignty: the Pakeha Perspective, by Carol Archie. Evening Post 29 Dec. 1995: 7.
  • "Book reviews." Rev. of Nga Patai: Racism and Ethnic Relations in Aotearoa/New Zealand, ed. by Paul Spoonley, Cluny Macpherson and David Pearson. New Zealand Journal of History 31.2 (1997): 273-275.

    Other

  • Evans, Nigel. "Disarmament is Part of Defence." Dominion 24 Oct. 1989: 10?
  • Lambert, Max (ed). Who’s Who in New Zealand. Twelfth Edition. Wellington, N.Z.: Reed, 1991. 276-277.
  • Legat, Nicola. "Catholics in Crisis II: Bernard Moran and the Communist Conspiracy." Metro 9.97 (1989): 84.
  • McLennan, Patrick. "Native Declaration Came First - Henare." Otago Daily Times 22 July 1989: 7.
  • McNaughton, Sean. "The South Pacific: Charting a New Course." International Review, NZ Institute of International Affairs, 1990: 4.
  • "Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control." Disarmament and Arms Control, Information Bulletin No 27. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade, 1989: 22-23.